Pomona motorcyclist killed in 210 Freeway collision in Arcadia

ARCADIA >> A Pomona man died early Thursday in a motorcycle crash on the 210 Freeway in Arcadia, officials said.

Manuel Alvarez, 49, died in the 4:10 a.m. collision on the eastbound 210 Freeway, just west of Baldwin Avenue, Winter said.

He was riding a 2013 Yamaha motorcycle eastbound at an unknown speed when the cycle rear-ended a vehicle travelling ahead of it, CHP Officer Ryan Bejar said. The vehicle that was rear-ended fled the scene.

“(Alvarez) fell to the roadway, laying within the No. 4 lane,” Bejar said. He was then struck by an eastbound 2010 Toyota Prius being driven by a 35-year-old San Gabriel man.

Paramedics pronounced Alvarez dead at the scene, officials said.

The Prius driver remained at the scene and was not cited or arrested as the investigation continued, Bejar said.

In addition to the fatal motorcycle crash, an unrelated nine-vehicle crash in South El Monte that left a 5-year-old girl dead and injured 13 others also contributed to gridlock. Countless commutes slowed to a crawl throughout the San Gabriel Valley as cars flooded onto the 10 Freeway, as well as surface streets, to avoid the closures.